2025 Yaoundé Glocal Hub Spotlight

^{YouthxYouth Glocal Hubs are our locally-rooted, globally-supported homes for youth-led transformation of education, facilitated by resident youth weavers in partnership with allies and institutions to accelerate the process of young people influencing, designing, and creating systemic change.}

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The Yaoundé Glocal hub (woven by Blessing Aghanwing Bisong, Knollis Mokake, Jude Afumbom Thadues, Semoni Preciouse, and Mbu Romaric) is a diversified youth led initiative committed to reimagining education and empowering young changemakers across Cameroon. As part of the global movement their glocal hub is centered around environmental protection awareness, sustainable practices, youth leadership and cultural balance.

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They focus on practical education and climate action, with their flagship program, a compound gardening project at mada international college where we tackle plastic pollution through recycling and promoting sustainable agriculture and organic fertilizers.

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Through collaboration with local organizations like New Visions Agriculture, youths for impact, schools like mada international college, young people are given the space to be co-creators of the tomorrow they want to see. Promoting equity and sustainability.

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We asked Blessing, a weaver of the hub, What would "transformed education" look like in Yaoundé in 10 years? Here is what Blessing had to say:

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“In 10 years, transformed education in Yaoundé will include more youths connected and deeply rooted in local realities where youths will  learn not just to pass exams, but to solve problems and create opportunities for the upcoming generation. Students will engage with international ideas and innovations while applying them to Cameroon’s strengths, especially in agriculture and local product transformation. Classrooms will become community labs, gardens, and maker spaces where learning is practical, hands-on, and context-driven. Youths will study to become job creators, not job seekers designing sustainable solutions, launching agro-based enterprises, and turning local resources into market-ready products. Education will empower young people to lead change, collaborate across borders, and build resilient communities through purpose-driven learning.”

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YouthxYouth: What specific systemic  issues are you addressing in your community?

Blessing, Glocal Hub Weaver:

“The YouthxYouth Glocal Hub addresses systemic issues in education by centering around  youth leadership, decolonizing learning, and bridging the gap between education and real-life challenges. It works on  the exclusion of youth voices in decision-making, outdated curricula that ignore local realities, and the lack of practical, community-based learning. Our country is a developing country and hence the curriculum should be based on raising youths to foster this initiative.  Through initiatives like sustainable gardening, recycling, and wellness education, the hub promotes inclusive, culturally relevant, and action-oriented learning. By empowering youth to lead and co-create solutions, it transforms education into a tool for social and climate justice, environmental stewardship, and collective empowerment.”

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YouthxYouth: How do you see the role of youth in transforming Cameroon's education system?

Blessing, Glocal Hub Weaver:

“Youths are referred to as the future of tomorrow, so if there's any change to be done it starts with them. They play a fundamental role by making learning more relevant and accessible to local realities, and expanding access. We have youth led initiatives like KET Academy, TIC foundation which promote inclusive learning, technology, and integrate sustainability. They understand the needs of this generation and hence can better derive solutions to make things better for the others by leading projects, advocacy for policy change, making other youths understand that we are not supposed to just be beneficiaries of education but rather the architects of its future.”

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